BlockFairview, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59725. The Survey maps it on the Dillon East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Fairview (historical) between 1995 and 2018, burning about 203 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Dillon Field Office | STODDARD LANE 2 |
| 8 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | GIVEN |
| 26 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | WHITEHOUSE |
| 26 June 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 19 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 21 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fairview (historical): 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Robertson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Kyanite | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Kyanite | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Kyanite | Kyanite | Unknown |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Bench (historical) | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bishop Place | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Guntner Place | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dillon | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bond | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ford | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Barretts | 12.5 miles | 14 | |
| Apex | 13.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797334. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.